Saturday, 19 May, 2012 - 11:09
Island News
 Port Blair, 18 May 2012/--/Summer vacation is the time when the students and teachers of various schools either move to mainland sojourn or relax at home within the islands. Students in particular make the best of... |
 New Delhi/Port Blair, 18 May 2012/--/Acceding to the long pending demand of the forces personnel, the Centre Union Cabinet on Thursday approved the grant of ration money allowance at the rate of Rs. 1,697 per month per... |
News in Brief
Port Blair, 18 May 2012/--/The Department of Fisheries, A&N Administration has invited applications from Individuals/Self Help Groups/Joint Liability Groups/ Co-op. Societies/Co-op. Federation/...
Port Blair, 18 May 2012/--/The islands chess team is participating in the 50th National Challenger Chess Championship 2012 that got underway in Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh on Thursday. The islands team...
Echo World
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Islamabad, 18 May 2012/--/Amid Pakistan's demand that it be given access to Australian uranium for which India has been granted green light, Australia has said it believes Islamabad is not eligible to buy the yellow... |
Stand Alone
 The tiny but beautiful Viper Island can be seen as a green patch on sea so close to Port Blair. A Yacht Marina is proposed to be set up at Viper to a... |
Editorial
18 May 2012/--/A parliamentary panel has reportedly recommended that private entrepreneurs who want to set up industry should buy land directly from the land owners; the government should not play the middleman’s role in acquiring land for them. It is merely a recommendation which the government may or may not accept. But the move is welcome. As far as West Bengal is concerned, the Chief Minister has already made it official that the State Government would play no role in acquiring land for prospective entrepreneurs. They will have to interact...
Business News
 New Delhi, 18 May 2012/--/The Union government is expected to soon take a view on the proposal of allowing foreign airlines to buy stakes in domestic carriers as the industry ministry has moved the final Cabinet note on... |
 United Nations, 18 May 2012/--/India has the potential to grow at 8-9 per cent for the next two decades and a supportive global environment will help the country achieve this goal, deputy chairman of Indian Planning... |
Raj Niwas Beat
 The Governor of Tripura, Dr. D.Y. Patil meeting with a group of Maharashtrian families residing in the A&N Islands at Raj Niwas on 11.05.2012. |
Reflex Action
18 May 2012/--/If you are a child of the pre ‘50s you would remember the good old days when ‘chai’ was sold in ‘kullahar’, the fragrance of the damp earthen mug mingling with the steam rising from the hot tea? Recall samosas handed out in bags made of old newspaper stained with oil from the deep fri...
Citizen Journalist
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Port Blair, 24 Apr 2012/--/Andaman & Nicobar Adminstration has introduced M.V Samsun for welfare of the public in southern islands. Adminstration is paying 9,80,000 rupee per day for the sailing of M.V Samsun but the passengers are still stranded in Little Andaman & Nicobar Islands even af... |
National News
 Mumbai, 18 May 2012/--/Kolkata Knight Riders co-owner and Bollywood (Indian film industry) superstar Shah Rukh Khan was on Friday banned by Mumbai Cricket Association for five years from entering the Wankhede Stadium... |
 New Delhi, 18 May 2012/--/A series of initiatives have been taken, including the setting up a consortium of IITs tasked with preparing a comprehensive Ganga River Basin Management Plan (GRBMP) for continuous and... |
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New Delhi, 18 May 2012/--/The Standing Committee of the Inter-State Council has been reconstituted with Union home minister P Chidambaram as chairman and finance minister Pranab Mukherjee and nine chief ministers,... |
State Bytes
Kochi, 18 May 2012/--/Nearly 300 investors and industrialists from the districts of Ernakulam, Alappuzha and Thrissur districts turned out today at an Investors Meet here.
The meet was organized...
Lucknow, 18 May 2012/--/Taking suo-motu cognisance of the rape of a teenage girl allegedly by her teacher in Unnao, Uttar Pradesh state human rights commission today issued notices to principal...
